“Meet Me Next Christmas” is a Netflix romantic comedy starring Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, and Kofi Siriboe.
Although there’s still a month and a half left, television networks have begun this season with a Christmas classic: romantic comedies. This genre has evolved into an almost perfect formula where, movie after movie, few changes occur: settle into your comfort zone and anticipate… the unexpected? Not exactly. In predictability, this genre finds its best ally, and viewers find their greatest delight.
Christina Milian shines as the leading lady in this festive film.
Plot
Layla is a modern woman with a balanced life… until she catches her boyfriend with someone else and meets two charming guys on the same night. She plans a date with one of them for a concert, but she doesn’t have a ticket, while the other has to get it for her.
Amidst numerous suitors, the Christmas season, twinkling lights, and falling snow… will love blossom? What a delightful mystery!
About the Movie
The film kicks off at Chicago’s airport and, by coincidence, takes us to the city that has hosted the most Christmas romantic comedies: New York. “Meet Me Next Christmas” is created with the firm belief that the best approach is to give the audience exactly what they expect, without inventing anything new: an intelligent girl, unjustly treated by her boyfriend, now has to choose between two wonderful suitors.
Honestly, who wouldn’t want to be in her shoes?
As Christmas is about living dreams and making fantasies a bit more real, “Meet Me Next Christmas” aims to capture that essence by returning to the classicism of a traditional romantic comedy. It has it all: attractive, charming, intelligent, and sensitive characters, music interludes, and, of course, the quintessential Christmas city: New York.
“Meet Me Next Christmas” doesn’t strive for originality nor does it need to: it features classic characters, a traditional Christmas story, and the predictable resolution we all expect. Why innovate in a genre that has been perfected over the years? Thus, the film becomes another quality Hollywood product of this season: excellent actors, sharp dialogues, and a script structure that works flawlessly because it has been tested in a thousand previous films.
Will “Meet Me Next Christmas” become the movie of your life? Probably not, but it’s a good film that, without trying to be original, knows how to meet expectations. It offers a story that understands what is anticipated and how to make viewers feel completely at ease in the promised comfort zone.
A film that delivers precisely what it promises.
This movie is exactly what one might anticipate from a holiday romantic comedy. It’s a delightful, formulaic offering that reassures us with its predictability, providing the warm, fuzzy feelings we crave during the Christmas season. So, grab your favorite blanket, settle in, and let “Meet Me Next Christmas” take you on a familiar, yet heartwarming, holiday journey.
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